In response to questions from Judge James Ho, the student group's lawyer, from FIRE, said he was not there to "defend" 2010's Christian Legal Society v. Martinez decision.
This isn't apples to oranges, it's apples to chickens! Just because some people eat both doesn't mean they're even remotely the same thing. This is such a sketch argument that anybody would be tempted to lean into a conspiracy theory that Wendler and Ho orchestrated this drag ban as a way to overturn the CLS decision. (I know that's almost certainly not the case, just smells like it awfully hard...)
I'm critical of the attitude that FIRE sometimes takes towards students, but seeking to overturn CLS seems pretty out-of-character for them. They're generally more interested in people saying "you can't do this" than people saying "you must do this", and that's the real distinction between the two cases.
I believe Erin Reed had in the past highlighted the problems of FIRE being the ones to challenge this as well.
This isn't apples to oranges, it's apples to chickens! Just because some people eat both doesn't mean they're even remotely the same thing. This is such a sketch argument that anybody would be tempted to lean into a conspiracy theory that Wendler and Ho orchestrated this drag ban as a way to overturn the CLS decision. (I know that's almost certainly not the case, just smells like it awfully hard...)
Who was the third judge on the panel?
It’s there. Dennis.
Thank you!
I'm critical of the attitude that FIRE sometimes takes towards students, but seeking to overturn CLS seems pretty out-of-character for them. They're generally more interested in people saying "you can't do this" than people saying "you must do this", and that's the real distinction between the two cases.
I'd love to see the protests of student groups that refuse to allow gay people or black people into their groups.
So thie Judge Leslie Southwick, where is she on the normal to batsh!t GOP judge spectrum?
He, and he is one of the judges who has joined the Dem appointees in some decisions.